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Dated events extracted across every layer.

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  1. 2026 APPI amendment bill in the Diet (fines, AI-training exemptions)
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  2. 2026 Online Gaming Rules 2026 notified (penalties operationalized)
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  3. 2026 Krutrim plans domestic AI chips (Bodhi/Sarv/Ojas)
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  4. 2026 Prediction-market circuit split (spilling toward Supreme Court / Congress)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  5. 2026 Continent-wide election year (multiple presidential/parliamentary polls)
    Africa Macro 🌍
  6. 2026 AfCFTA intra-African trade forecast to grow ~10% to ~$230bn
    Africa Macro 🌍
  7. 2026 Apple's CTF-to-CTC fee restructuring continues (EU)
    Apps Industry 🌐
  8. 2026 Australia's digital-competition regime, Apple/Google appeals & India's Bill in focus
    Apps Industry 🇦🇺
  9. 2026 Japan's MIC finalizes a report on SNS age verification (summer)
    Family Products 🇯🇵
  10. 2026 WNBA media rights rise to $200m a year ($2.2bn over 11 years) from the 2026 season
    Sports Business 🇺🇸
  11. 2026 Tesla pushes Optimus Gen 3 toward volume/summer launch (third-party availability targeted 2027)
    Physical AI & Hardware 🇺🇸
  12. 2026 India's AI-related roles projected to top 1 million
    Talent & Network 🇮🇳
  13. 2026 H5N1 pandemic-potential risk and a diagnostics gap come into focus (Disease X preparedness)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🌐
  14. 2026 Active cyber defense phased enforcement & public-private council (planned)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  15. 2026 India DPDP Rules' 72-hour breach-notification regime ramps up (planned)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇮🇳
  16. 2026 BharatGen targets coverage of all 22 scheduled languages (IndiaAI Mission sovereign-AI build-out)
    Academia & Research 🇮🇳
  17. 2026 EU Digital Fairness Act (DFA) proposal advances — targeting addictive design, dark patterns and minor protection
    Academia & Research 🌐
  18. 2026 Mounting academic evidence pushes governments toward statutory loot-box regulation
    Academia & Research 🌐
  19. 2026-04-22 Compliance deadline for the amended COPPA rule (biometrics, separate consent)
    Family Products 🇺🇸
  20. 2026-06 Sensor Tower State of AI 2026: gen-AI app time projected to more than double YoY
    Disposable Income & Time 🌐
  21. 2026-06 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off (US/Canada/Mexico); first dynamic pricing draws backlash
    Sports Business 🇺🇸
  22. 2026-06 EU AI Act Article 50 practice code expected to finalize
    Creator Economy 🌐
  23. 2026-Q2 EA's $55B take-private expected to close (subject to FTC review)
    Games Industry 🇺🇸
  24. 2026-06-25 Screen Australia opens new funding round for applications
    Games Industry 🇦🇺
  25. 2026-06-25 US Supreme Court conference to decide whether to hear Apple's App Store fee appeal
    Product Craft 🇺🇸
  26. 2026-07-01 Loss carry-back scheme begins (companies under A$1bn turnover)
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  27. 2026-07-01 US: Louisiana App Store Accountability Act takes effect
    Games Industry 🇺🇸
  28. 2026-07 Australia's Skills in Demand Visa specialist salary floor rises to A$146,717
    IT / Web Industry 🇦🇺
  29. 2026-07-01 Louisiana App Store Accountability Act takes effect
    Apps Industry 🇺🇸
  30. 2026-07 Sony v. Suno US federal hearing — first to squarely test music-training legality
    AI Industry 🌐
  31. 2026-07-01 EU MiCA transition period ends (CASPs must operate under full authorization)
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🌐
  32. 2026-07 PointsBet set to enter Canada's regulated Alberta market (13 Jul, 28+ operators)
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇦🇺
  33. 2026-07-13 Canada: Alberta's regulated online-casino market goes live (PointsBet among operators)
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🌐
  34. 2026-07-19 FIFA World Cup 2026 final (prediction markets' first global-scale sports test; Kalshi offers 424 markets)
    Betting Industry 🇺🇸
  35. 2026-07-24 Section 122 10% surcharge auto-expires (Section 301 to substitute)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  36. 2026-07-31 Meta ends PlaySide's Horizon Worlds outsourcing (~AU$4M FY27 hit)
    Games Industry 🇦🇺
  37. 2026-08 J.League switches to autumn-spring (2026-27 season begins)
    Sports Business 🇯🇵
  38. 2026-08 EU AI Act Article 50 deepfake-disclosure compliance deadline
    Creator Economy 🌐
  39. 2026-08-02 EU AI Act: GPAI supervision/enforcement powers begin (high-risk duties deferred to Dec 2027 via Omnibus)
    Global Macro 🌐
  40. 2026-08-02 Bulk of EU AI Act rules and enforcement powers take effect
    AI Industry 🌐
  41. 2026-09 UK deposit-limit tool requirements implementation deadline (extended to end-Sep)
    Betting Industry 🌐
  42. 2026-09-09 Australia: download-time age verification on App/Play stores
    Games Industry 🇦🇺
  43. 2026-09-11 EU CRA vulnerability/incident reporting obligations begin
    Technology 🌐
  44. 2026-09-12 BRICS New Delhi summit / BRICS Pay launch target
    Global Macro 🇮🇳
  45. 2026-Q3 Google Gemini forecast to reach 1B MAU (analysts)
    Apps People Live In 🌐
  46. 2026-10 Active Cyber Defense Act takes effect (critical-infra reporting)
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  47. 2026-10 Active Cyber Defense Act takes effect (critical-infra reporting)
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  48. 2026-10 PAX Aus/MIGW (with GCAP and AGDAs) becomes the AU game-talent recruiting week
    Talent & Network 🇦🇺
  49. 2026-10 SoftBank's West-Japan sovereign cloud and sovereign AI GPU cloud reach GA
    Technology 🇯🇵
  50. 2026-10 B.LEAGUE PREMIER 2026-27 season tips off (higher revenue bar; Chiba Jets in)
    Revenue Models 🇯🇵
  51. 2026-11-01 Disaster Management Agency opens (unified disaster command)
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  52. 2026-11 APEC Shenzhen: possible Takaichi-Xi meeting on normalization
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  53. 2026-11-01 Disaster Management Agency opens (unified disaster command)
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  54. 2026-11 APEC Shenzhen: possible Takaichi-Xi meeting on China-Japan normalization
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  55. 2026-11 DPDP consent-manager registration stage begins
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  56. 2026-11 India DPDP Consent Manager framework takes effect (Phase 2)
    Family Products 🇮🇳
  57. 2026-11 India's DPDP consent-manager registration/obligations take effect
    Technology 🇮🇳
  58. 2026-11-09 COP31 Antalya (Australia's Bowen presides over talks)
    Global Macro 🇦🇺
  59. 2026-11-10 Review deadline for China's one-year rare-earth control freeze
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🌐
  60. 2026-11-13 India DPDP Consent Manager framework operational
    Global Macro 🇮🇳
  61. 2026-11-13 India DPDP consent-manager framework goes live (Phase 2)
    IT / Web Industry 🇮🇳
  62. 2026-11-19 GTA VI launches (console super-cycle catalyst)
    Games Industry 🌐
  63. 2026-11-30 AUSTRAC v Entain Federal Court trial begins (Australia, AML/CTF breaches)
    Betting Industry 🇦🇺
  64. 2026-12 Revision of the National Security Strategy / defense policy
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  65. 2026-12 Tata (PSMC/ASML) targets first silicon at Dholera fab
    Global Macro 🇮🇳
  66. 2026-12 India targets 100,000 public GPUs; Australia automated-decision disclosure begins
    AI Industry 🇮🇳
  67. 2026-12-02 EU AI Act: Article 50(2) AI-content watermarking/labeling duty applies (deferred via Omnibus)
    Global Macro 🌐
  68. 2026-12-10 Children's Online Privacy Code registers + ADM transparency duty starts
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  69. 2026-12-10 Australia's Privacy Act: automated-decision-making disclosure duty takes effect
    IT / Web Industry 🇦🇺
  70. 2026-12-10 Australia's Privacy Act ADM transparency duties take effect
    Technology 🇦🇺
  71. 2026-Q4 India OTT/short-video keeps double-digit growth as ARPU stays structurally low
    Disposable Income & Time 🇮🇳
  72. 2026-Q4 Sandfall's next title, anticipated within 2026, will test premium single-player's staying power
    What's Trending in Games 🌐
  73. 2026-Q4 Smart-glasses 2026 shipments projected at 13.4M (adoption inflection)
    Emerging Experiences 🌐
  74. 2026-Q4 B.LEAGUE PREMIER launches (membership judged on business plan/community)
    Sports Business 🇯🇵
  75. 2026-Q4 Meta weighs scaling AI smart-glasses output toward 20M/year (30M+ if demand allows)
    Physical AI & Hardware 🌐
  76. 2026-Q4 EU Digital Fairness Act proposal expected
    Product Craft 🌐
  77. 2026-early VicScreen x Massive Monster MASS coworking hub (Collingwood) opens
    Games Industry 🇦🇺
  78. 2026-H2 Australia's Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve goes operational
    Global Macro 🇦🇺
  79. 2026-H2 Crunchyroll expands fully localized streaming to Taiwan and South Korea
    Anime Industry 🌐
  80. 2026-mid Australia age-assurance enforcement decisions expected (fines up to AUD 49.5m)
    Apps People Live In 🇦🇺
  81. 2027-01-01 Gambling-advertising reforms take effect
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  82. 2027 Possible Georgia sports-betting launch / Texas's earliest legislative window
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  83. 2027 Rapidus targets 2nm mass production in Hokkaido
    Global Macro 🇯🇵
  84. 2027-01-01 Australia's gambling-advertising reforms take effect
    Betting Industry 🇦🇺
  85. 2027 Utah App Store Accountability Act takes effect (after delay)
    Family Products 🇺🇸
  86. 2027-01 Australia's gambling-ad ban (live broadcast/stadium signage/celebrities) takes effect
    Sports Business 🇦🇺
  87. 2027-01-01 Australia: gambling-ad ban (live sport, celebrities, venues) takes effect
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇦🇺
  88. 2027 Tata's Dholera fab targets first silicon; Rapidus targets 2nm mass production
    Technology 🇮🇳
  89. 2027-01-01 Australia's gambling-advertising reforms take effect, hitting PointsBet acquisition cost
    Revenue Models 🇦🇺
  90. 2027-03 FY2027 target period (¥185B revenue goal)
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇯🇵
  91. 2027-05 DPDP core duties take full effect (SDF, breach, children consent)
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  92. 2027-05-06 Utah App Store Accountability Act key provisions take effect
    Product Craft 🇺🇸
  93. 2027-05-13 India DPDP full-compliance deadline
    Global Macro 🇮🇳
  94. 2027-05-13 India DPDP full-compliance deadline
    IT / Web Industry 🇮🇳
  95. 2027-05-13 India DPDP full-compliance / enforcement begins (parental consent for under-18s)
    Family Products 🇮🇳
  96. 2027-08 EU transition window for existing GPAI models ends
    AI Industry 🌐
  97. 2027-12-11 EU CRA becomes fully applicable
    Technology 🌐
  98. 2028 PJM-region household bills projected to rise ~$70/month from data-center demand
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  99. 2028 Gartner forecast: AI agents intermediate $15T in B2B spend; 33% of enterprise software becomes agentic
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  100. 2028-07-01 R&D tax reform (core offset up to 48%, A$200m cap) takes effect
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  101. 2028-07-01 Australia's R&D Tax Incentive reform takes effect (+4.5pt core rate, $50M refund cap)
    IT / Web Industry 🇦🇺
  102. 2030 MGM Osaka (Japan's first IR casino) targeted opening
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  103. 2030 500GW renewables target; DC capacity toward ~9GW
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  104. 2030 Mission 300 targets 300m electrified; data-center capacity toward ~1.2GW
    Africa Macro 🌍
  105. 2030 Gartner forecast: 20% of monetary transactions become programmable (autonomous agentic commerce)
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  106. 2030 Osaka IR (MGM Osaka, Yumeshima) scheduled to open (~$5.9bn annual GGR projected, Bloomberg Intelligence)
    Betting Industry 🇯🇵
  107. 2030 MGM Osaka IR (Japan's first casino) scheduled to open
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇯🇵
  108. 2030 Japan's IT-talent shortfall projected to reach up to 800,000 (METI)
    Talent & Network 🇯🇵
  109. 2030 NIST deprecates quantum-vulnerable crypto (RSA-2048, ECC P-256)
    Technology 🌐
  110. 2033 Cool Japan: target year for a ¥20tn overseas content market
    Anime Industry 🇯🇵
  111. 2040 Japan projected to be short up to 3.39 million AI/robotics workers (METI)
    Talent & Network 🇯🇵
  112. 2050 Africa's population reaches ~2.5bn (UN)
    Africa Macro 🌍

Past

  1. 2026-06-19 Reliance AGM: MyJio becomes an AI advisor for 600M users (India sovereign AI)
    Emerging Experiences 🇮🇳
  2. 2026-06-17 Fed holds rates (new Chair Warsh, hawkish)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  3. 2026-06-17 Fed holds 3.50-3.75%; new chair Warsh's first meeting is hawkish
    Global Macro 🌐
  4. 2026-06-16 BOJ raises policy rate to 1.00% (30-year high)
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  5. 2026-06-16 RBA holds the cash rate at 4.35%
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  6. 2026-06-16 BoJ raises policy rate to 1.0% (highest since 1995)
    Global Macro 🇯🇵
  7. 2026-06-12 US BIS suspends Anthropic's top models for all foreign nationals (first export control on cloud access)
    AI Industry 🌐
  8. 2026-06-11 FIFA World Cup 2026 opens (largest US betting event, $2.8-4.3bn handle projected)
    Betting Industry 🌐
  9. 2026-06-10 US CFTC publishes 267-page prediction-market proposal (allows most sports, bans manipulation-prone contracts)
    Betting Industry 🇺🇸
  10. 2026-06-10 US CFTC publishes proposed federal prediction-market rule (toward legalizing sports wagers)
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🇺🇸
  11. 2026-06-04 Texas SB2420 app-store age-verification law takes effect
    Marketing & Distribution 🇺🇸
  12. 2026-06-04 NSF renews MIT-led IAIFI for five years (annual funding $4M→$4.98M)
    Academia & Research 🇺🇸
  13. 2026-06-02 Trump signs a second AI executive order (innovation and security)
    AI Industry 🇺🇸
  14. 2026-06-01 AUKUS Pillar 2 names AI-enabled UUV co-dev as first signature project
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇦🇺
  15. 2026-06 Q1 2026 real GDP revised to +1.8% annualized (capex -0.7%)
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  16. 2026-06-01 AUKUS Pillar 2: AI-enabled UUV co-development named first signature project
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  17. 2026-06 New York S9051 bans companion chatbots for minors
    Emerging Experiences 🇺🇸
  18. 2026-06 PEGI new Interactive Risk ratings take effect (loot boxes = PEGI 16)
    Games Industry 🌐
  19. 2026-06-01 Anthropic files confidentially for IPO at $965B valuation, $47B ARR
    IT / Web Industry 🇺🇸
  20. 2026-06 Sarvam AI becomes a USD 1.5B Indian AI unicorn (HCLTech invests)
    AI Industry 🇮🇳
  21. 2026-06 Japan reports 2025 births of 671k / fertility 1.14 (record low)
    Family Products 🇯🇵
  22. 2026-06 Japan's amended Payment Services Act (stablecoins, intermediaries) takes full effect
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🇯🇵
  23. 2026-06 Figure 03 hits one robot/hour at BotQ; Atlas begins shipping to Hyundai/DeepMind
    Physical AI & Hardware 🌐
  24. 2026-06 Discloses 'Human-Capital Management Logic Model' in 27th securities report
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇯🇵
  25. 2026-06 Federal district court strikes down the H-1B $100K fee; government appeals to the First Circuit and a stay keeps the fee in effect
    Talent & Network 🇺🇸
  26. 2026-06 Apple WWDC 2026: Foundation Models gain multi-provider support and a 32K PCC
    Technology 🌐
  27. 2026-06-01 GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing
    Technology 🇺🇸
  28. 2026-06 MIXI reports a 98% work-hour cut and AI built into evaluation
    Product Craft 🇯🇵
  29. 2026-06 CFTC issues prediction-market NPRM (sports contracts allowed within limits, comments due 27 Jul)
    Revenue Models 🇺🇸
  30. 2026-06-01 DARPA & NSF announce the 'AI Forge' university-research forum (interpretability, control, robustness)
    Academia & Research 🇺🇸
  31. 2026-05-30 US-Japan 'Operation Supercharge' missile co-production agreed
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  32. 2026-05-30 US-Japan 'Operation Supercharge' missile co-production agreed
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  33. 2026-05-29 METI announces GENIAC-PRIZE 2026 (~JPY 1B in reward and compute)
    AI Industry 🇯🇵
  34. 2026-05-26 Quad Critical Minerals Initiative launched (New Delhi)
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🌐
  35. 2026-05-26 Quad Critical Minerals Initiative launched (New Delhi)
    Japan Macro 🌐
  36. 2026-05-21 India's CCI holds final hearing in the Apple App Store case
    Apps Industry 🇮🇳
  37. 2026-05-21 Apple files a Supreme Court petition over App Store external-payment fees
    Product Craft 🇺🇸
  38. 2026-05-18 PointsBet's first MIXI-era 9-month results: AU revenue -4%, A$26.6m net loss
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  39. 2026-05-15 MIXI reports FY3/2026 results (sports segment revenue +63.8%)
    Betting Industry 🇯🇵
  40. 2026-05-15 SAKAMOTO DAYS × Monster Strike collaboration begins (IP-collab UA)
    Marketing & Distribution 🇯🇵
  41. 2026-05-13 TikTok World 2026 unveils AI ad tools (MCP server and more)
    Marketing & Distribution 🌐
  42. 2026-05-12 Ronin (Axie) migrates to an Ethereum Layer-2 (OP Stack)
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🌐
  43. 2026-05-07 FamilyAlbum tops 30M cumulative global users
    Apps People Live In 🇯🇵
  44. 2026-05-07 FamilyAlbum surpasses 30m users worldwide (40%+ overseas)
    Apps Industry 🌐
  45. 2026-05-07 AUSTRAC opens AML/CTF enforcement investigation into Tabcorp (shares fall ~28%)
    Betting Industry 🇦🇺
  46. 2026-05-07 FamilyAlbum (Mitene) tops 30 million cumulative global users
    Family Products 🌐
  47. 2026-05-07 FamilyAlbum surpasses 30M cumulative global users
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🌐
  48. 2026-05-07 FamilyAlbum (みてね) surpasses 30M users worldwide
    Product Craft 🇯🇵
  49. 2026-05-04 Japan-AU summit: special strategic partnership, Mogami frigates, critical minerals
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  50. 2026-05 BJP wins West Bengal, consolidating power
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  51. 2026-05 NBA, PGA and NCAA urge federal regulators to raise prediction-market age to 21
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  52. 2026-05 MIXI Q4 FY2026: TIPSTAR +55.8% (200K+ MAU); Digital Entertainment -13.1%
    Disposable Income & Time 🇯🇵
  53. 2026-05-01 India's total RMG ban (PROGA Act) takes effect
    Betting Industry 🇮🇳
  54. 2026-05 WNBA franchise values up 59% YoY to $427m average; Valkyries lead at $850m
    Sports Business 🇺🇸
  55. 2026-05 Cover FY2026 full-year revenue ~¥49.3B (+13.7%), profit down — supply/cost in focus
    Creator Economy 🇯🇵
  56. 2026-05 Crunchyroll reaches 21m subscribers; Anime Awards hit a record 73m votes
    Anime Industry 🇺🇸
  57. 2026-05 FY2026 full-year results (¥171.3B sales, ¥22.2B OP) plus FY2027 guidance and dividend hike
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇯🇵
  58. 2026-05 FamilyAlbum reaches 30M worldwide; 40% overseas, 20% North America
    MIXI — Company Profile 🌐
  59. 2026-05 MIXI reports record FY2026 sales ¥171.3B; raises payout-ratio target 20%→40%
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇯🇵
  60. 2026-05 Epic reveals Unreal Engine 6 (Early Access targeted for late 2027)
    Technology 🌐
  61. 2026-05-01 India's Online Gaming Rules 2026 take effect (real-money ban enforced)
    Product Craft 🇮🇳
  62. 2026-05-01 India's PROGA implementing Rules take effect (Act enacted Aug 2025; Dream11 halted paid contests then)
    Revenue Models 🇮🇳
  63. 2026-05 MIXI reports FY2026 results and FY2027 guidance (Sports +63.8%, FY27 revenue target ¥185bn)
    Revenue Models 🇯🇵
  64. 2026-04-29 PointsBet Canada migrates to Bede Gaming stack, upgrading its online casino
    Betting Industry 🇦🇺
  65. 2026-04-29 PointsBet Canada goes live with a Bede Gaming-powered iCasino aggregation/bonusing platform
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🌐
  66. 2026-04-27 SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 held (Asia's largest startup conference)
    IT / Web Industry 🇯🇵
  67. 2026-04-26 OpenAI shuts down the Sora app (insufficient AI-only-feed demand)
    Emerging Experiences 🇺🇸
  68. 2026-04-24 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 turns one — 8M units sold and GOTY
    What's Trending in Games 🌐
  69. 2026-04-23 MIXI joins LightFury's (eCricket) $11m funding round
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇮🇳
  70. 2026-04-23 Caladan reports '93% of Web3 games effectively dead, funding inflows down 99%'
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🌐
  71. 2026-04-22 Amended COPPA Rule full-compliance deadline
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  72. 2026-04-20 LY Corporation rolls out 'Agent i' to 100M+ users
    IT / Web Industry 🇯🇵
  73. 2026-04-18 Australia signs Mitsubishi Heavy Mogami build contract (up to 11 ships, ~$10bn)
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇦🇺
  74. 2026-04-17 OpenAI+Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) Checkout spec updated
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  75. 2026-04-16 STRIKE WORLD (global Monster Strike) begins full ops (Season 1) in India
    What's Trending in Games 🇮🇳
  76. 2026-04-16 Total stablecoin supply crosses $320bn
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🌐
  77. 2026-04-16 MIXI fully launches Strike World in India (Season 1 begins)
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇮🇳
  78. 2026-04-13 Canada BC: new Gaming Control Act takes effect; independent regulator (IGCO) launched
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🌐
  79. 2026-04-13 Stanford HAI releases the 2026 AI Index report (AI PhDs reverse toward academia)
    Academia & Research 🌐
  80. 2026-04-07 Third Circuit rules sports event contracts are 'swaps', upholding CFTC federal preemption
    Revenue Models 🇺🇸
  81. 2026-04-02 Sweeping gambling-advertising reform package announced
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  82. 2026-04-02 Australia announces world-leading gambling-advertising reforms
    Betting Industry 🇦🇺
  83. 2026-04 Three Principles revised; lethal-arms exports permitted
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  84. 2026-04 Three Principles revised; lethal-arms exports permitted
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  85. 2026-04 Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 6 returns to commercial operation
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  86. 2026-04 DraftKings et al. fund $48M 'Win for America' PAC (vs. prediction markets)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  87. 2026-04 IMF WEO 'Shadow of War' downgrades growth
    Global Macro 🌐
  88. 2026-04 Australia announces A$112.7M comprehensive gambling-ad reform
    Disposable Income & Time 🇦🇺
  89. 2026-04 CFTC sues AZ/CT/IL as prediction-market monthly volume surges to $24B
    Disposable Income & Time 🇺🇸
  90. 2026-04 Arrow puzzles become April's new download wave; Gossip Harbor at $93M/month
    What's Trending in Games 🌐
  91. 2026-04 European Commission publishes DMA review report (Article 53)
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  92. 2026-04 NextDC unveils A$2.2B capital plan; contracted capacity to 667MW (+60%)
    IT / Web Industry 🇦🇺
  93. 2026-04 OpenAI joins the FIDO Alliance to push agent-authentication standards
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  94. 2026-04 OpenAI shuts the standalone Sora app and folds it into ChatGPT (economics)
    AI Industry 🌐
  95. 2026-04 Google Photos starts repurposing private photos as Gemini AI input / image generation (privacy backlash)
    Family Products 🌐
  96. 2026-04 Japan's Digital Agency updates its health/nursing-care data-linkage policy
    Family Products 🇯🇵
  97. 2026-04 Australia announces gambling-ad reform package (A$112.7m harm reduction)
    Sports Business 🇦🇺
  98. 2026-04 Meta begins paying creators in USDC via Stripe
    Creator Economy 🌐
  99. 2026-04 MIXI launches STRIKE WORLD full-scale in India
    Anime Industry 🇮🇳
  100. 2026-04 Aniplex-Crunchyroll JV HAYATE acquires studio Lay-duce
    Anime Industry 🇯🇵
  101. 2026-04 PointsBet Canada re-platforms its online casino onto Bede Gaming
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇦🇺
  102. 2026-04 Iceberg Summit 2026; Iceberg v3 GA and v4 underway
    Technology 🌐
  103. 2026-04 SoftBank's East-Japan sovereign cloud (Oracle Alloy) launches
    Technology 🇯🇵
  104. 2026-04 Apple petitions the US Supreme Court in the Epic case (off-app fee unsettled)
    Revenue Models 🇺🇸
  105. 2026-04 Australia announces its biggest gambling reform package in two decades (A$112.7m)
    Revenue Models 🇦🇺
  106. 2026-04 NSF FY2027 request seeks a ~55% cut; 1,500+ terminated grants surface
    Academia & Research 🇺🇸
  107. 2026-03-31 OAIC publishes the Children's Online Privacy Code exposure draft
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  108. 2026-03-31 METI updates its AI contract guidelines
    Talent & Network 🇯🇵
  109. 2026-03-24 Australia's ACCC issues first influencer non-disclosure penalty (PhotobookShop)
    Marketing & Distribution 🇦🇺
  110. 2026-03-23 Australia publishes five data-center 'Expectations' (underwrite renewables, bear grid costs)
    AI Industry 🇦🇺
  111. 2026-Q1 US tech layoffs reach 52,050 in Q1 alone (largest since 2023)
    Talent & Network 🇺🇸
  112. 2026-Q1 RTO consolidates but only ~20% of engineers expected fully in-office
    Talent & Network 🌐
  113. 2026-03-12 Highguard shuts down 7 weeks after launch (2026's Concord)
    What's Trending in Games 🌐
  114. 2026-03-12 PayPay lists on Nasdaq (PAYP), +19% open, ~$14.7bn market cap
    Apps People Live In 🇺🇸
  115. 2026-03-05 Dentsu reports 2025 Japan ad spend (internet ads over half for first time, ¥4.05tn)
    Revenue Models 🇯🇵
  116. 2026-03-03 Apple Ads begins multi-slot App Store search ads (UK & Japan first)
    Marketing & Distribution 🇯🇵
  117. 2026-03 Epic v. Google settlement implements injunctions through 2032, adds distribution fee
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  118. 2026-03 Japan real wages turn positive for first time in 13 months (3rd straight rise)
    Disposable Income & Time 🇯🇵
  119. 2026-03 Australia's eSafety issues first compliance report, investigating 5 platforms
    Apps People Live In 🇦🇺
  120. 2026-03 Square Enix ships Gemini-powered AI NPC 'Chatty Slimey' in DQX
    Games Industry 🇯🇵
  121. 2026-03 Sakura Internet becomes first Japanese provider accepted into the Government Cloud
    IT / Web Industry 🇯🇵
  122. 2026-03 Rakuten releases Rakuten AI 3.0 (~700B, Apache 2.0)
    AI Industry 🇯🇵
  123. 2026-03 Aniplex and KADOKAWA establish theatrical-distribution JV Animec
    Anime Industry 🇯🇵
  124. 2026-03 FANUC announces NVIDIA partnership (Jetson Thor in controllers); US senators ask FTC to probe AI toys
    Physical AI & Hardware 🇯🇵
  125. 2026-03 Wave of ransomware hits Japanese firms incl. Murata Manufacturing
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  126. 2026-03 US Congress debates chip location-tracking (Chip Security Act) and China-ban bills
    Technology 🇺🇸
  127. 2026-03 Senators Schiff and Curtis introduce the 'Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act'
    Revenue Models 🇺🇸
  128. 2026-02-28 Micron's Sanand ATMP inaugurated (India Semiconductor Mission)
    Global Macro 🇮🇳
  129. 2026-02-27 ChatGPT crosses 900M weekly active users
    Apps People Live In 🌐
  130. 2026-02-25 FTC issues COPPA policy statement encouraging age-verification tech
    Marketing & Distribution 🇺🇸
  131. 2026-02-24 India reported as the world's largest GenAI app-download market (+207% YoY)
    Emerging Experiences 🇮🇳
  132. 2026-02-20 Supreme Court strikes down IEEPA tariffs (6-3); shift to Section 122
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  133. 2026-02-19 STRIKE WORLD soft-launches (early access) in India
    What's Trending in Games 🇮🇳
  134. 2026-02-19 MIXI starts Strike World early access in India
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇮🇳
  135. 2026-02-15 ~A$3.9bn AUKUS submarine-yard investment (Pillar 1)
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  136. 2026-02-11 EssilorLuxottica reports 7M+ Meta AI glasses sold in 2025 (3x+)
    Emerging Experiences 🌐
  137. 2026-02-10 W3C publishes the WebMCP (navigator.modelContext) draft; Chrome origin trial begins
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  138. 2026-02 US Supreme Court strikes down IEEPA tariffs
    Global Macro 🇺🇸
  139. 2026-02 US sports betting posts record 2025 revenue $16.96B on $166.94B handle
    Disposable Income & Time 🇺🇸
  140. 2026-02 ElevenLabs raises USD 500M at an USD 11B valuation (voice AI)
    AI Industry 🌐
  141. 2026-02-01 Andrew Catterall becomes PointsBet group CEO
    Betting Industry 🇦🇺
  142. 2026-02 UK Ofcom issues several OSA age-assurance fines (incl. £800k Kick)
    Family Products 🌐
  143. 2026-02 Apptronik raises $520M at $5B; EssilorLuxottica reports 7M+ AI glasses for 2025
    Physical AI & Hardware 🌐
  144. 2026-02 ManpowerGroup names AI skills the hardest to hire worldwide
    Talent & Network 🌐
  145. 2026-02 Micron's India ATMP plant (Sanand) opens; Rapidus raises $1.7B toward 2nm
    Technology 🇮🇳
  146. 2026-02 AGA reports record 2025 US commercial gaming (GGR $78.7bn, sports-betting revenue $16.96bn)
    Revenue Models 🇺🇸
  147. 2026-01-29 DeepMind opens Project Genie to US AI Ultra subscribers
    Emerging Experiences 🇺🇸
  148. 2026-01-29 IPA's '10 Major Threats 2026' published (ransomware #1 for a 6th year)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  149. 2026-01-22 TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC formally established (US-controlled)
    Apps People Live In 🇺🇸
  150. 2026-01-22 TikTok US joint venture 'USDS' signed; ByteDance reduced to 19.9%
    IT / Web Industry 🇺🇸
  151. 2026-01-22 TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC established, carving out US operations
    Creator Economy 🇺🇸
  152. 2026-01-22 TikTok US divestiture closes (Oracle-led joint venture)
    Marketing & Distribution 🇺🇸
  153. 2026-01-21 India Supreme Court hears PROGA constitutional challenge (3-judge bench)
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇮🇳
  154. 2026-01-21 India Supreme Court three-judge bench begins hearing PROGA constitutional challenge
    Betting Industry 🇮🇳
  155. 2026-01-20 US AAP releases 'Digital Ecosystems, Children, and Adolescents' policy (drops fixed time limits)
    Academia & Research 🇺🇸
  156. 2026-01-15 US-Taiwan 'Silicon Pact' signed (USD500bn semiconductors)
    Global Macro 🇺🇸
  157. 2026-01-15 Cloudflare completes ISMAP registration in Japan
    Technology 🇯🇵
  158. 2026-01-07 Character.AI and Google agree to settle teen-harm lawsuits
    Emerging Experiences 🇺🇸
  159. 2026-01-07 'STRIKE WORLD: Deadverse Reloaded' anime debuts on Prime Video in 123 countries
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🌐
  160. 2026-01 China imposes dual-use/rare-earth export controls on Japan
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  161. 2026-01 China imposes dual-use/rare-earth export controls on Japan
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  162. 2026-01 BIS shifts Nvidia H200-class exports to China to case-by-case review (25% revenue-share tax)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  163. 2026-01 BIS allows case-by-case H200 exports to China
    Global Macro 🌐
  164. 2026-01 Sensor Tower State of Mobile 2026: 5.3T app hours, TikTok #1, apps out-earn games
    Disposable Income & Time 🌐
  165. 2026-01 YouTube extends lead as top media distributor (12.5%)
    Disposable Income & Time 🇺🇸
  166. 2026-01 Oracle-led TikTok US JV (~$14B) closes, resolving ban risk
    Disposable Income & Time 🇺🇸
  167. 2026-01 New Year demand: Monster Strike #1 in Japan; global market $6.75B for the month
    What's Trending in Games 🇯🇵
  168. 2026 ARC Raiders surpasses 16M units in six months (est. $500M+, Nexon NA/EU +310%)
    What's Trending in Games 🌐
  169. 2026-01 MIXI revises FY2026 forecast upward on acquisitions (PointsBet etc.)
    Apps People Live In 🇯🇵
  170. 2026-01-01 US: Texas App Store Accountability Act takes effect
    Games Industry 🇺🇸
  171. 2026-01 Google Chrome ships 'Auto Browse' autonomous browsing (Gemini 3)
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  172. 2026-01-01 Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) takes effect
    Apps Industry 🇺🇸
  173. 2026-01 Epic Games Store launches in Japan
    Apps Industry 🇯🇵
  174. 2026-01 Steam revises generative-AI disclosure rules (separating player-facing AI content)
    AI Industry 🌐
  175. 2026-01-01 Texas App Store Accountability Act takes effect
    Family Products 🇺🇸
  176. 2026-01 STRIKE WORLD: Deadverse Reloaded the Anime streams in 123 countries on Prime Video
    Anime Industry 🌐
  177. 2026-01 Boston Dynamics' Atlas deployed at Hyundai's Georgia plant; wins Best Robot at CES 2026
    Physical AI & Hardware 🇺🇸
  178. 2026 MASS games coworking hub opens in Collingwood, Melbourne
    Talent & Network 🇦🇺
  179. 2026 India's GCCs scale to 2,117 centers, 2.36M professionals and a $98.4B market
    Talent & Network 🇮🇳
  180. 2026-01 US codifies H200-to-China export rule and a 25% chip tariff (Section 232)
    Technology 🇺🇸
  181. 2026-01 Valve clarifies Steam AI-disclosure rules (player-facing content focus)
    Product Craft 🌐
  182. 2026-01-01 New US state privacy laws come online; universal opt-out (GPC) recognition required
    Marketing & Distribution 🇺🇸
  183. 2025-12-29 PLA runs Taiwan blockade-simulating 'Justice Mission 2025' drills
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  184. 2025-12-25 Japan approves record FY2026 defense budget (~JPY9.04tn)
    Global Macro 🇯🇵
  185. 2025-12-22 Aso-led cross-party bloc reaffirms opposition to sports-betting legalization (Japan)
    Betting Industry 🇯🇵
  186. 2025-12-19 Japan publishes FY2026 Tax Reform Outline (20% separate crypto tax; FIEA reclassification)
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🇯🇵
  187. 2025-12-19 New Tokyo metropolitan quake estimate released (first in 12 years; up to 8.4m stranded commuters)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  188. 2025-12-18 Japan's Mobile Software Competition Act takes full effect
    Global Macro 🌐
  189. 2025-12-18 Japan's Smartphone Software Competition Act takes full effect (Apple iOS 26.2)
    IT / Web Industry 🇯🇵
  190. 2025-12-18 Japan's MSCA takes full effect; AltStore PAL becomes installable
    Apps Industry 🇯🇵
  191. 2025-12-18 Japan's Mobile Software Competition Act takes effect, opening Apple/Google billing (Google 20% Play Services fee)
    Revenue Models 🇯🇵
  192. 2025-Q4 WebGPU ships by default across all major browsers (incl. Safari 26)
    Technology 🌐
  193. 2025-12-11 President Trump signs AI Executive Order 14365
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  194. 2025-12-11 Ninth Circuit trims Apple's external-payment fee
    Games Industry 🇺🇸
  195. 2025-12-11 Ninth Circuit Epic v. Apple ruling (external links allowed, fee limited)
    Apps Industry 🇺🇸
  196. 2025-12-11 Ninth Circuit lets Apple charge a limited external-link fee (old 27% barred)
    Revenue Models 🇺🇸
  197. 2025-12-10 Under-16 social-media ban takes effect (10 services)
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  198. 2025-12-10 Australia enforces the world-first under-16 social media ban
    Apps People Live In 🇦🇺
  199. 2025-12-10 Australia enforces the world's first under-16 social-media ban
    IT / Web Industry 🇦🇺
  200. 2025-12-10 Australia enforces world-first under-16 social media ban (incl. YouTube)
    Family Products 🇦🇺
  201. 2025-12-10 Australia enforces the world-first under-16 social-media ban
    Marketing & Distribution 🇦🇺
  202. 2025-12-09 Anthropic donates MCP to the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF)
    Technology 🌐
  203. 2025-12-07 Skills in Demand (SID) visa replaces the old 482 and goes live
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  204. 2025-12-05 Meta acquires the Limitless pendant (ambient AI)
    Emerging Experiences 🌐
  205. 2025-12-01 Missouri launches legal sports betting (39th state)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  206. 2025-12 US streaming hits record 47.5% of TV viewing (54% on Christmas)
    Disposable Income & Time 🇺🇸
  207. 2025-12 PhonePe + Google Pay combined UPI share dips below 80% for the first time (79.99%)
    Apps People Live In 🇮🇳
  208. 2025-12 Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) launches under the Linux Foundation (OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/Microsoft/AWS/Block)
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  209. 2025-12 Australia publishes National AI Plan; Trump administration signs EO preempting state AI laws
    AI Industry 🇦🇺
  210. 2025-12-01 Missouri launches sports betting (US state expansion)
    Betting Industry 🇺🇸
  211. 2025-12-01 MIXI launches the Mitene Omoide Photo Frame (¥16,500)
    Family Products 🇯🇵
  212. 2025-12 Fortnite direct sales launch; 100% of V-Bucks value to creators through end-2026
    Creator Economy 🇺🇸
  213. 2025-12 Ninth Circuit upholds Apple contempt ruling on external-link fees
    Product Craft 🇺🇸
  214. 2025-12 NeurIPS 2025 centers on world models, System-2 reasoning and autonomous agents
    Academia & Research 🌐
  215. 2025-11-25 MCP turns one; spec update adds task-based workflows and auth extensions
    Technology 🌐
  216. 2025-11-19 EU proposes the 'Digital Omnibus' (GDPR/AI Act simplification)
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  217. 2025-11-18 MIXI states aim to lead social betting across JP/AU/Canada, eyeing regulated iGaming in BC
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🌐
  218. 2025-11-18 Major Cloudflare outage disrupts the global web for ~5.8 hours
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🌐
  219. 2025-11-14 Cabinet Office releases Mt Fuji ashfall CG video, warns of 'national crisis-level' event
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  220. 2025-11-14 India notifies the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025
    Technology 🇮🇳
  221. 2025-11-13 DPDP Rules 2025 notified (phased rollout begins)
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  222. 2025-11-13 India notifies DPDP Rules (phased rollout begins)
    IT / Web Industry 🇮🇳
  223. 2025-11 Takaichi's Taiwan remark triggers Chinese economic retaliation
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  224. 2025-11 Cassava×Nvidia launch $700m AI-data-center rollout across Africa
    Africa Macro 🌍
  225. 2025-11 COP30 Belém Package adopted (calls to triple adaptation finance)
    Global Macro 🌐
  226. 2025-11 Sakana AI becomes Japan's most valuable unicorn at USD 2.65B
    AI Industry 🇯🇵
  227. 2025-11 World Labs launches Marble, the first commercial world model; Warner settles with Suno
    AI Industry 🌐
  228. 2025-11 India's DPDP Rules finalised (parental consent for under-18s, phased)
    Family Products 🇮🇳
  229. 2025-11 Australia's Tinybeans acquires the Qeepsake parenting journal
    Family Products 🇦🇺
  230. 2025-10-29 Google opens alternative payments in the US
    Games Industry 🇺🇸
  231. 2025-10-29 Google opens US Play to fee-free alternative billing
    Apps Industry 🇺🇸
  232. 2025-10-27 JPYC issues Japan's first licensed yen stablecoin
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🇯🇵
  233. 2025-10-24 EU Digital Fairness Act public consultation closes
    Product Craft 🌐
  234. 2025-10-22 IT-Rules amendment: AI/synthetic-content labeling
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  235. 2025-10-20 AWS us-east-1 outage downs 140+ services for ~15 hours
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🌐
  236. 2025-10-15 Kuku FM raises $85M (~$500M valuation), with Krafton participating
    Creator Economy 🇮🇳
  237. 2025-10-13 California SB243 signed (companion-AI safety rules)
    Emerging Experiences 🇺🇸
  238. 2025-10-01 China launches K visa for STEM talent
    Global Macro 🌐
  239. 2025-10-01 India's Online Gaming Act 2025 takes effect; RMG ban halts Dream11/MPL money formats
    What's Trending in Games 🇮🇳
  240. 2025-10 Figure 03 home humanoid ($20,000) unveiled; ChatGPT Atlas (Agent Mode) launches
    Emerging Experiences 🌐
  241. 2025-10 Google ends Privacy Sandbox; fully abandons third-party cookie deprecation
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  242. 2025-10 OpenAI launches the 'ChatGPT Atlas' AI browser
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  243. 2025-10 F1 moves US rights to Apple; TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO opens; MIXI consolidates PointsBet
    Sports Business 🇺🇸
  244. 2025-10 AJA reports ¥3.84tn 2024 market (56% overseas) and issues GenAI joint statement
    Anime Industry 🌐
  245. 2025-10 Crunchyroll launches monthly theatrical program Anime Nights in the US
    Anime Industry 🇺🇸
  246. 2025-10 Home humanoid 1X NEO opens pre-orders at $20k / $499 per month
    Physical AI & Hardware 🇺🇸
  247. 2025-10 Foreign workers in Japan reach a record ~2.57 million
    Talent & Network 🇯🇵
  248. 2025-10 SoftBank picks Oracle Alloy for a sovereign cloud in Japan
    Technology 🇯🇵
  249. 2025-10 OpenAI launches the agentic browser ChatGPT Atlas
    Technology 🌐
  250. 2025-10 Google formally retires Privacy Sandbox on Android
    Product Craft 🌐
  251. 2025-10 Google ends Privacy Sandbox; third-party cookies persist in Chrome
    Marketing & Distribution 🌐
  252. 2025-09-29 EA agrees to a $55B take-private by PIF, Silver Lake, Affinity (largest LBO)
    Games Industry 🇺🇸
  253. 2025-09-29 Asahi Group ransomware halts 30 plants / Tokyo revises Mt Fuji ashfall plan
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  254. 2025-09-25 Japan: revised Basic Act on Gambling Addiction takes effect
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇯🇵
  255. 2025-09-22 GST 2.0 (5%/18% + 40% demerit two-slab) takes effect
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  256. 2025-09-22 India raises GST on online gaming to 40%
    Marketing & Distribution 🇮🇳
  257. 2025-09-21 US $100K H-1B visa fee takes effect
    Talent & Network 🇺🇸
  258. 2025-09-18 2035 emissions target (62-70% below 2005) announced
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  259. 2025-09-12 MIXI completes PointsBet acquisition (66.43% stake, ~$430m)
    Japan Macro 🇦🇺
  260. 2025-09-12 MIXI completes PointsBet takeover (majority control, ~A$430m)
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  261. 2025-09-12 MIXI finalizes PointsBet acquisition ($430M, 66.43% voting)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  262. 2025-09-12 MIXI completes PointsBet takeover (66.43% voting, ~A$430m)
    Betting Industry 🇦🇺
  263. 2025-09-12 MIXI completes PointsBet takeover (66.43% voting power; pushing Australian social betting)
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🌐
  264. 2025-09-12 MIXI completes PointsBet takeover (66.4% voting power, AU$430M)
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇦🇺
  265. 2025-09-08 Supreme Court consolidates all Online Gaming Act challenges
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  266. 2025-09-05 Roblox raises DevEx from $3.50 to $3.80 (+8.5%)
    Creator Economy 🇺🇸
  267. 2025-09 Nankai Trough 30-year probability revised to ~60-90%
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇯🇵
  268. 2025-09 Nankai Trough 30-year probability revised to ~60-90%
    Japan Macro 🇯🇵
  269. 2025-09 Google search-monopoly remedy ordered (final judgment in December)
    United States Macro 🇺🇸
  270. 2025-09 Nigeria's NDPA GAID directive takes effect; NDPC fines Meta $220m
    Africa Macro 🌍
  271. 2025-09 MIXI acquires 66.4% controlling stake in PointsBet, scaling its Sports segment
    Disposable Income & Time 🇦🇺
  272. 2025-09 Ray-Ban Display (in-lens display + neural band, $799) unveiled
    Emerging Experiences 🇺🇸
  273. 2025-09 OpenAI launches Sora 2 and the 'Sora' AI-video social app
    Emerging Experiences 🇺🇸
  274. 2025-09 MIXI acquires 66.4% of PointsBet; sports segment doubles
    Games Industry 🇦🇺
  275. 2025-09 Anthropic agrees to USD 1.5B copyright settlement
    AI Industry 🇺🇸
  276. 2025-09 MIXI completes PointsBet takeover (66.43% via Australian subsidiary)
    Sports Business 🇦🇺
  277. 2025-09 Fortnite unveils 'Creator Economy 2.0', enabling direct island sales
    Creator Economy 🇺🇸
  278. 2025-09 Monster Strike runs official Monogatari Series collaboration (Sep 13-30)
    Anime Industry 🇯🇵
  279. 2025-09 Completes PointsBet 66.43% takeover (~AU$430M); Sports nearly doubles
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇦🇺
  280. 2025-09 MIXI Australia acquires 66.4% of PointsBet
    Talent & Network 🇦🇺
  281. 2025-09 Self-replicating npm worm 'Shai-Hulud' confirmed; CISA issues an alert
    Technology 🌐
  282. 2025-09 OpenAI x Stripe launch ACP/Instant Checkout; Google announces AP2
    Technology 🌐
  283. 2025-09-01 Japan's AI Promotion Act comes into full effect
    Technology 🇯🇵
  284. 2025-09 MIXI completes its takeover of Australia's PointsBet (~66.43% stake)
    Product Craft 🇦🇺
  285. 2025-09 MIXI completes PointsBet takeover, consolidating betting net-win revenue
    Revenue Models 🌐
  286. 2025-08-22 India's PROGA signed; blanket ban on real-money gaming
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇮🇳
  287. 2025-08-22 WinZO/MPL/PokerBaazi suspend RMG offerings
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  288. 2025-08-22 India: Online Gaming Act fully bans real-money games
    Games Industry 🇮🇳
  289. 2025-08-22 India passes the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 (real-money ban)
    Product Craft 🇮🇳
  290. 2025-08-22 India bans all real-money gaming under the Online Gaming Act
    Marketing & Distribution 🇮🇳
  291. 2025-08-14 AI-native companion game 'Whispers from the Star' launches on Steam
    Emerging Experiences 🌐
  292. 2025-08-12 Meta's Threads tops 400M MAU, chasing X
    Apps People Live In 🌐
  293. 2025-08-12 Australia Federal Court finds Apple & Google misused market power
    Apps Industry 🇦🇺
  294. 2025-08 Online Gaming Act passed (blanket RMG ban)
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  295. 2025-08 India bans all real-money gaming under the Online Gaming Act 2025
    Disposable Income & Time 🇮🇳
  296. 2025-08 India's UPI first crosses 20 billion monthly transactions
    Apps People Live In 🇮🇳
  297. 2025-08 EU GPAI rules start applying; MIXI discloses company-wide AI results
    AI Industry 🌐
  298. 2025-08 Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle opens worldwide, sets all-time anime box-office record
    Anime Industry 🌐
  299. 2025-08 Blackwell-based robot supercomputer Jetson Thor reaches general availability
    Physical AI & Hardware 🇺🇸
  300. 2025-08 Unity 6.2 ships (with Unity AI and automatic LOD generation)
    Technology 🌐
  301. 2025-07-25 UK Online Safety Act child-safety duties and age assurance become enforceable
    Family Products 🌐
  302. 2025-07-22 Amazon acquires ambient AI wearable Bee
    Emerging Experiences 🌐
  303. 2025-07-18 US GENIUS Act signed into law (first federal payment-stablecoin framework)
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🇺🇸
  304. 2025-07-15 PayPay tops 70 million registered users
    Apps People Live In 🇯🇵
  305. 2025-07 US-Japan trade framework (flat 15% tariff, up to $550bn US investment)
    Geopolitics & Tail Risks 🇺🇸
  306. 2025-07 US-Japan strategic trade/investment framework (15% tariff, USD550bn investment)
    Global Macro 🇯🇵
  307. 2025-07 OECD Employment Outlook 2025 confirms Japan real wages stalled (-2% cumulative)
    Disposable Income & Time 🇯🇵
  308. 2025-07 Perplexity launches the 'Comet' AI browser
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  309. 2025-07 Rapidus achieves first operation of 2nm GAA transistors in Chitose
    AI Industry 🇯🇵
  310. 2025-07 IG Arena Nagoya (17,000) opens, fueling Japan's arena boom
    Sports Business 🇯🇵
  311. 2025-07-01 Nankai Trough basic plan revised (80% death-reduction target)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  312. 2025-07 MIXI's AI-usage guidelines v2.0 enable video generation
    Product Craft 🇯🇵
  313. 2025-07 NSF expands its AI Research Institutes network to 29 (two new centers in a $100M round)
    Academia & Research 🇺🇸
  314. 2025-06-27 US Supreme Court upholds age-verification law in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton (6-3)
    Family Products 🇺🇸
  315. 2025-06-23 US amended COPPA Rule takes effect (full compliance by 22 Apr 2026)
    Apps Industry 🇺🇸
  316. 2025-06-18 Japan's amended Basic Act on Gambling Addiction passes (effective 25 Sep)
    Betting Industry 🇯🇵
  317. 2025-06-10 Statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy commences
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  318. 2025-06-09 APA Psychological Bulletin screen-time meta-analysis (117 studies, 292k children)
    Academia & Research 🌐
  319. 2025-06-06 Japan's amended Payment Services Act enacted (stablecoins as electronic payment instruments; effective 2026)
    Web3 & Digital Assets 🇯🇵
  320. 2025-06 Google DeepMind ships network-independent Gemini Robotics On-Device
    Physical AI & Hardware 🌐
  321. 2025-06 Japan: amendment criminalizes operating/advertising offshore online casinos
    MIXI — Surrounding PESTLE 🇯🇵
  322. 2025-06 Linux Foundation launches the Agent2Agent (A2A) project
    Technology 🌐
  323. 2025-05-29 UK loot-box self-regulation compliance study (zero age checks, 8.6% odds disclosure)
    Academia & Research 🌐
  324. 2025-05-28 Japan's AI Promotion Act is enacted (May 28)
    Technology 🇯🇵
  325. 2025-05-16 Japan's active-cyber-defense laws enacted (promulgated 23 May)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  326. 2025-05-03 Labor wins a landslide second term
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  327. 2025-05 Google Photos reaches 1.5B MAU / 9 trillion items (10th anniversary)
    Apps People Live In 🌐
  328. 2025-05 Cover posts record FY2025 revenue ¥43.4B; ANYCOLOR ¥42.9B (+34%)
    Creator Economy 🇯🇵
  329. 2025-05 FY2025 results (sales +5.4%, OP +38.7%) and FY2026 guidance disclosed
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇯🇵
  330. 2025-05 World Health Assembly adopts the WHO Pandemic Agreement
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🌐
  331. 2025-04-30 LINE Pay shuts down, consolidating payments into PayPay
    Apps People Live In 🇯🇵
  332. 2025-04-30 Apple v Epic injunction lets US apps link to fee-free external payments
    Product Craft 🇺🇸
  333. 2025-04-23 European Commission fines Apple €500m for DMA breach
    Apps Industry 🌐
  334. 2025-03-31 France fines Apple €150m over App Tracking Transparency
    Marketing & Distribution 🌐
  335. 2025-03 France's Autorité fines Apple EUR150M over ATT
    IT / Web Industry 🌐
  336. 2025-03 NVIDIA unveils Isaac GR00T N1, the first open humanoid foundation model
    Physical AI & Hardware 🌐
  337. 2025-03 FISC Security Guidelines revised to 13th edition (finance IT resilience)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  338. 2025-01-29 AES (Mali/Burkina Faso/Niger) formally withdraws from ECOWAS
    Africa Macro 🌍
  339. 2025-01-17 EU DORA enters application (oversight of ICT third parties, concentration risk)
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🌐
  340. 2025 Kenya enacts the Gambling Control Act 2025 (repealing 1966 law)
    Africa Macro 🌍
  341. 2025 GSMA: sub-Saharan mobile money $1.4tn; mobile economy $240bn
    Africa Macro 🌍
  342. 2025-01 FTC settles with HoYoverse (Genshin Impact) for $20M over loot boxes/COPPA
    Games Industry 🇺🇸
  343. 2025-01 Stargate Project ($500B US AI infrastructure) announced
    AI Industry 🇺🇸
  344. 2025 NBA's 11-year $76bn rights take effect from the 2025-26 season
    Sports Business 🇺🇸
  345. 2025-01 FamilyAlbum surpasses 25M cumulative users worldwide
    MIXI — Company Profile 🌐
  346. 2025 Japan new-grad starting pay hits record (95.4% of listed firms raise)
    Talent & Network 🇯🇵
  347. 2024-12-16 MIXI launches the invite-only SNS mixi2
    Apps People Live In 🇯🇵
  348. 2024-12-16 MIXI launches new SNS 'mixi2' (invite-only)
    Emerging Experiences 🇯🇵
  349. 2024-12 New SNS mixi2 launches; 1.2M+ registrations in first week
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇯🇵
  350. 2024-12 Australia replaces the 482 visa with the Skills-in-Demand (SID) visa
    Talent & Network 🇦🇺
  351. 2024-11 NIST publishes IR 8547 (post-quantum migration plan)
    Technology 🌐
  352. 2024-11 Stanford publishes 'Generative Agent Simulations of 1,000 People' (85% accuracy)
    Academia & Research 🌐
  353. 2024-10-21 India-China LAC patrolling agreement (Depsang/Demchok)
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  354. 2024-09-22 Australia reforms classification: loot-box games rated M, casino-style sims R18+
    What's Trending in Games 🇦🇺
  355. 2024-09-22 Australia: min M for paid loot boxes, R18+ for simulated gambling takes effect
    Games Industry 🇦🇺
  356. 2024-09 Unity cancels the Runtime Fee
    Technology 🌐
  357. 2024-09 MIXI launches the Monster Strike Web Shop (D2C billing)
    Product Craft 🇯🇵
  358. 2024-08-13 India's FirstCry (Brainbees Solutions) IPOs (~$2.9bn offer-price valuation)
    Family Products 🇮🇳
  359. 2024-07-19 CrowdStrike incident downs ~8.5m Windows devices worldwide
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🌐
  360. 2024-06-08 KADOKAWA/Niconico hit by ransomware, ~2-month outage
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇯🇵
  361. 2024-02-21 PhonePe launches Made-in-India third-party Indus Appstore
    Apps Industry 🇮🇳
  362. 2024-02-21 US Change Healthcare ransomware halts payments/claims for ~2 months
    Business Continuity (BCP) 🇺🇸
  363. 2023-10 28% GST on full deposit value applied to RMG
    India Macro 🇮🇳
  364. 2023-10-01 Japan: stealth-marketing rule takes effect, PR labeling mandatory
    Creator Economy 🇯🇵
  365. 2023-08-21 National self-exclusion register 'BetStop' goes live
    Australia Macro 🇦🇺
  366. 2023-08-17 India: ASCI influencer-advertising guidelines published (incl. virtual)
    Creator Economy 🇮🇳
  367. 2023-08-08 MIXI launches $50m India-focused corporate venture fund
    Marketing & Distribution 🇮🇳
  368. 2023-08 Launches India-focused CVC 'MIXI Global Investments' (US$50M)
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇮🇳
  369. 2022-10 Entertainment brand XFLAG integrated into MIXI (rebrand)
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇯🇵
  370. 2013-09 Monster Strike launches (the future flagship IP)
    MIXI — Company Profile 🇯🇵